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    Ugl minisplit

    Thinking of adding a minispit to finished shop and not looking forward to seeing all the mechanical up and down the walls. Any good options out there? Minisplit plus three cassettes.
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    Thinking Barn/house

    Anyone have any first hand experience with a barndoium? Thinking of relocating and not finding much on the market that we care for. Not wanting to deal with building departments, but mite have to force fully have to go that direction. Seen plenty of open floor plans of these barn - o on the...
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    Preasure test for gas service

    Having trouble converting 13" water column to standard psi preasure? Relocated propane tank and running all new service line's and wanted to test piping before coverage. Not knowing what the the proper psi test should be? Thanks
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    Peg board accessories

    Going peg board, mainly hand tools from tool chest. Any ideas on sturdy bracket pieces? Thanks
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    Plywood cost

    Plywood reaching Covid pricing and looking at lumber futures the price per thousand is a third of pandemic high's. Wanting to by a bunch of plywood but these cost are out there and kind of ranting but wondering what's going on?
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    Mud rm bench with shoe storage

    Finally got to build something in shop, made some errors but turned out pretty decent, blue pine . A few scratches on the top that I didn't see until I started putting finish on top, err.
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    Reznor owners

    Posted thread in wrong forum, so you Reznor owners are you happy with the heater? I have a Hot Dawg 60000 btu propane unit installed in my shop and it is louder than loud. Fan pushes the air good, no issues there, just unacceptable noise level. I see Reznor addressed this issue for the better so...
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    On to my second heater?

    Purchased a Hot Dawg 60000 btu heater for shop from Ecomfort and it's just to stupid lould, fan pushes the air alright but the hole niegbor hood hears it. Forget listening to the radio. My bad for being lazy and not doing enough research. Looks like Reznor has taken positive measures to address...
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    Degreaser's

    Trying to find Gunk degreaser at locale parts outlets and striking out. Watched a video thru older post and it looks like Gunk has fallen to the way sides and now its Dawn or other non-working soaps to cut grease. So any of you have a good runner up to Gunk solvents? Thanks
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    Non keyed garage door torsion bar

    End of the rope here, need some kind of keyed adapter for the round torsion bar for chain opener that's keyed. Any thoughts, Thanks.
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    400 amp service

    Yeah yeah yeah, happy man here. Pick up panel early next week, been on order since first of September. Home stretch looking much better. Good luck fellow garageist.
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    Verying the speed

    I plan to have two directional fans on ceiling and I switched out two receptacles for them . Was going to go with just on and off but thinking variable speed would be better by just using variable switches . If reading right this is acceptable practices? Any thoughts? Thanks
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    Starting switching and receptacles

    Going to start electrical finish work on shop soon and never seeing 20 amp receptacles before, wondering if maybe I'm missing something. Also is their a better grade receptacle out their that should be considered. Thanks
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    Six inch vinyl base molding

    Looking at six inch vinyl base molding for shop and wondering if anyone has tried it? Seems like it would be durable but concerned about it staying in place? Any thoughts out there? Thanks.
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    Mini Split or Propane ceiling uni

    Exhausted all ways of trying to find a suitable mini spit, even second best with Zero success. Fourteen foot ceiling for mini splits seems to be the killer, not to mention dust? So with all the talk here about mini splits here, what's the secret with them? I'm about to give up and go the dreaded...
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    Milwaukee drill bit

    So was at electrical wholesale house checking on order and needed a aggressive bit and bought a Milwaukee drill bit, small inch and a eight. Yikes, what a wood chipper, low speed high speed no difference. Not sure what to do with it? Just a heads up. It's splitting out 2x6x14" blocking even...
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    Tired socket set

    My Craftsman socket set needs to be retired 1/4 3/8 1/2" set, had it for ever. It's really troublesome trying to read the sizes on the smaller pc's and reluctantly need to move on. Opened my mouth and wifey went out and purchased a Milwaukee set, I'm sure it's probably a really nice set and...
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    Secure truss canopy lift

    Had two trusses engineered to hold up canopy for truck or aluminum boat and looking at unistrut and so far not finding anyway to attach to bottom of trusses? Wanting to go over the top of bottom cord of truss which is 2x8 and attach to the unistrut on the bottom ? At this point looking at...
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    Purchasing garage doors.

    Ordered two 12' doors the first of April, they showed up middle of September, staller showed up to install. Four damaged door panels, two missing springs and torsion bars. Finally new replacement panels show up this last Thursday, no bars or springs . Was double assured by management three...
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    Light bulbs

    Getting closer sort of, to wrapping up all exterior work on shop. A lot of blocking to do inside yet and building a smaller shop inside of shop and bathroom yet. Started thinking about lighting and with 14' high ceiling not overly excited about spending a bunch more time on step ladders. SO...
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